Jason Handschumacher – Joint Replacement Rehab for Today and Tomorrow, Returning Seniors Back to Life

Advanced surgical techniques, shorter hospital stays, minimal inpatient rehab, and lessening home health visits make efficiently treating this emerging population a necessity for all therapists and rehab professionals.

Jason Handschumacher – Joint Replacement Rehab for Today and Tomorrow, Returning Seniors Back to Life

Are you ready to face the mounting number of “baby boomers” who want to return to an active lifestyle after joint replacement surgery? Advanced surgical techniques, shorter hospital stays, minimal inpatient rehab, and lessening home health visits make efficiently treating this emerging population a necessity for all therapists and rehab professionals. Help your patients get back to life with speaker Jason Handschumacher, DPT, as he relates 16 years of practical, evidence-based interventions he uses with this exact population every day. He will give the tools today that you need for tomorrow, such as:

practical exercises patients should do early and at home
applying exercise and tissue healing science in your everyday practice
techniques for joint replacement rehab (CPM, NMES, manual therapy, “prehabilitation,” exercise dosing)
accessing and understanding the latest research to defend your practice and improve reimbursement
a roadmap for what the future holds for joint replacement rehab

Examine the arthritis progression and determine where and how therapists can have the most impact
How to apply tissue healing science and exercise physiology every day for your patients
Discuss the history of joint arthroplasty and what therapists can expect in the next 10-20 years
Define current concepts in total knee arthroplasty and the correct interventions based on stage of healing and recovery
Examine advances in total hip arthroplasty and why therapists see these patients less and less in rehabilitation today
List the variety of options in replacing or resurfacing the shoulder and how to tailor your rehabilitation to the individual

ETIOLOGY OF ARTHRITIS, HISTORY OF JOINT ARTHROPLASTY, & COST OF CARE ACROSS THE HEALTHCARE SPECTRUM

Anatomy review: capsular changes, cartilage wear, and joint breakdown
Origins of joint arthroplasty, surgical approaches and components used
Manual therapy and taping options for pain reduction and neuromuscular facilitation
Payment changes for facilities, surgeons, and rehabilitation
Impact of “prehabilitation” and how you can be involved
Methods to reduce overall cost to your system with the rise in volume of surgeries

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TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

Component options, surgical approach, and rehab implications
Revision surgeries
Same-day surgery options, simultaneous bilateral surgery, and implications
Impact of decline in sub-acute rehabilitation stays for patients
Staging of rehabilitation: what to work on, when, and why
NMES, CPM, manual therapy, and the latest research
Hands-on lab/video using manual therapy and the right exercises at the right time

TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY

Component options, surgical approach and rehabilitation implications, and the latest research
“Total Hip Precautions” for today
Staging of rehabilitation: what to work on, when, and why
Why these patients may need less rehabilitation
Hands-on lab/video using manual therapy and the right exercises at the right time
Gait stability and training
Simultaneous bilateral and revision surgeries

TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY

Standard or reverse: what, why, and what does it mean to you
Surgical approach, tissue affected, rehabilitation implications, and the latest research
Staging of rehabilitation: what to work on, when, and why
Patient function expectations: what the prosthesis can and cannot do
Hands-on lab/video using manual therapy and the right exercises at the right time

TOTAL ANKLE ARTHROPLASTY & FIRST MTP ARTHROPLASTY

Overview of surgery today and tomorrow
Rehabilitation implications
Challenges and advances in prosthesis design
Optimizing gait
Patient function expectations: what the prosthesis can and cannot do

CASE STUDY, LAB DEMONSTRATION, EXERCISES, VIDEO, DISCUSSION

Walk through real patient cases across each stage of rehab
Video, demonstration, and practice of exercises based on stage of rehab and EMG muscle study
Q&A about the patients you see